ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own UseNo man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause.-Theodore Roosevelt Filled with some of the best words of wisdom ever written, this little volume is sure to uplift any reader. Elbert Hubbard spent much of his life carefully collecting significant quotes from throughout history. He loved searching for and finding new material to add to his scrapbook for personal inspiration. After his death, this richly developed scrapbook was published and can now be relished by readers everywhere.Here one can read pulse-quickening quotes from people like Abraham Lincoln, Rudyard Kipling, Dante, Leo Tolstoy, and many, many more. People from every profession and nationality have been quoted at their best, and these quotes have been carefully compiled for the reader's inspiration and personal growth. This unique book will furnish readers with a little genius for each day, and will inevitably make them better for it. |
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... whole length of the apartment, maddened and desperate. “Ah, you tyrant!” it buzzed. “Despot! you would deprive me of liberty! Cruel executioner, why do you not leave me alone? I am happy, and why do you persecute me?” After trying very ...
... whole length of the apartment, maddened and desperate. “Ah, you tyrant!” it buzzed. “Despot! you would deprive me of liberty! Cruel executioner, why do you not leave me alone? I am happy, and why do you persecute me?” After trying very ...
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... old mothers , and the whole Dark butchering without a soul . Without a soul - save this bright treat Of heady music , sweet as hell ; And even my peace - abiding feet Go marching with the marching street , For yonder goes.
... old mothers , and the whole Dark butchering without a soul . Without a soul - save this bright treat Of heady music , sweet as hell ; And even my peace - abiding feet Go marching with the marching street , For yonder goes.
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... whole chain of steep cliffs ... The very heart of the mountains . Overhead a bright , mute , pale - green sky . A hard , cruel frost ; firm , sparkling snow ; from beneath the snow project grim blocks of ice - bound , wind - worn cliffs ...
... whole chain of steep cliffs ... The very heart of the mountains . Overhead a bright , mute , pale - green sky . A hard , cruel frost ; firm , sparkling snow ; from beneath the snow project grim blocks of ice - bound , wind - worn cliffs ...
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... whole the battle has gone for humanity . The world's great heart has proved equal to the prodigious undertaking which God set it . Rebuffed , but always persevering ; self - reproached , but ever regaining faith ; undaunted , tenacious ...
... whole the battle has gone for humanity . The world's great heart has proved equal to the prodigious undertaking which God set it . Rebuffed , but always persevering ; self - reproached , but ever regaining faith ; undaunted , tenacious ...
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... whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven . - Victor Hugo . If you have knowledge , let others light their candles at it . - Margaret Fuller . NEW era is dawning on the world . We are.
... whole earth , and a great hope , the whole heaven . - Victor Hugo . If you have knowledge , let others light their candles at it . - Margaret Fuller . NEW era is dawning on the world . We are.
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